Danny Nelson

Danny is CoinDesk's managing editor for Data & Tokens. He formerly ran investigations for the Tufts Daily. At CoinDesk, his beats include (but are not limited to): federal policy, regulation, securities law, exchanges, the Solana ecosystem, smart money doing dumb things, dumb money doing smart things and tungsten cubes. He owns BTC, ETH and SOL tokens, as well as the LinksDAO NFT.

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Finance

Solana Wallet Phantom Raises $109M to Rival MetaMask

CEO Brandon Millman has his sights set on the Ethereum staple after hitting a $1.2 billion valuation in his firm’s latest funding round.

Phantom co-founders (left to right) Chris Kalani, Francesco Agosti and Brandon Millman.

Layer 2

Mastercard’s CipherTrace Used ‘Honeypots’ to Gather Crypto Wallet Intel

In cybersecurity the term “honeypot” refers to a trap for hackers. But what does it mean in the context of on-chain analytics? This story is part of CoinDesk’s Privacy Week series.

(Melody Wang for CoinDesk)

Finance

Wall Street Crypto Firm Valkyrie Is Holding a $700M Protocol Treasury

NEM and Symbol are entrusting Valkyrie with their trove of digital assets.

Valkyrie CEO Leah Wald (CoinDesk TV)

Finance

FriesDAO Wants to Start a Crypto-Crowdfunded Fast-Food Franchise

First historical documents, then a golf course, now, maybe, a Wendy’s near you. What will DAOs think up next?

(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Finance

CoinTracker Raises $100M as Crypto Tax Season Heats Up

The newly minted crypto unicorn also sniped top talent from Uber and Robinhood Crypto.

(Shutterstock)

Finance

Coinbase Close to Listing Solana Ecosystem Tokens: Sources

The exchange’s stated mission of listing “every” allowable crypto is taking a major step forward with plans to list Solana’s answer to the ERC-20.

Solana projects listed on stage during a panel at the network's 2021 Breakpoint conference in Lisbon, Portugal. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

FTX US Attains $8B Valuation in $400M Fundraise Including SoftBank, Temasek

The cryptocurrency exchange intends to use the funds to launch new business lines and explore strategic investments and acquisitions.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. (CoinDesk TV)

Policy

In Long-Awaited CBDC White Paper, Fed Flags Privacy, Financial Stability Risks

The Fed does not commit to launching (or not launching) a CBDC in the long-anticipated document.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell (Brendan Smialowski-Pool/Getty Images)